Two Years Ago

It’s our two year anniversary! Our second year of marriage was bitter sweet. It has been a hard year for me with illness in my family and yet it allowed Aaron to show me just how far he will go to support me. I felt like I’ve been shattered to a million pieces and he’s just been faithfully putting me back together. No one will ever know the depth and breath of what he has done for me and I’m confident now that we’ve survived this, we can overcome anything. Now, if you’ll indulge me, I will share some pictures from our wedding…because it was a spectacular day.

Belated Mother’s Day

This is a belated Mother’s Day post since we were all traveling on Sunday. Happy Mother’s Day to the bravest person I know. She taught me to love animals, people and most importantly God. I hope you are enjoying your Alaskan cruise Mom!! ❤

Birdies Part II

I didn’t realize I was going to update the humming birds’ progress so soon – but look how big they got in one week! I’m a proud mama(‘s human neighbor)!

two little birdies told me …

SPRING IS HERE and I believed them despite the rain forecast for this weekend. We’ve been dutifully stalking the humming bird nest in front of our door and waiting patiently for their little beaks to peak out of the nest. Just yesterday I saw them flapping their wings so we may only have a week or so left with them before they fly away. (and by fly away, I mean fly over to the backyard where the rest of the humming birds like to hang out since all the feeders are back there)

Chinese New Year

Tonight is Chinese New Year’s Eve. CNY is one of my favorite holidays (it may even surpass Christmas shhh) mostly because of one thing: the food. My family has tradition of making this one vegetable dish made from 10 different vegetables. Each vegetables name is a homonym for a blessing in Chinese ie prosperous, health etc. This dish has been in my dad’s side of the family for generations and its not something you normally can find in restaurant or even other Chinese family homes. Growing up, I had aunts that lived all over the world but come CNY they would make this dish and mail samples of it to each other and my grandma. Because the recipe that has been passed down doesn’t have exact measurements, everything’s made based on taste and therefore everyone’s dish is a little different. This year mom finally waited for me to be home before making it so I can learn the entire process. My uncle is visiting briefly this week from Taiwan so we will make sure that he brings some back for my grandma to taste. Happy Snake Year!